java switch

Why does java not allow String objects to be used in the switch/case statements? Couldn't the compile invoke hashcode() on those strings thus producing a unique integer value to represent the constant in the cases?

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Good lord, what's wrong with using strcmp instead of bullshitting C?

Consider that your code is also assuming that the strings are always nullterminated, which is not a clever thing to do.

All in all, rewrite it in C++ to use std::string and make it threadsafe, and you can color me impressed.